That's easy enough already if you're willing to pay for it.
Sooner or later, all freelance coder sites drift towards cloning Facebook for $250 or less.
Well, the pirates are 'disrupting' it rather effectively. But through more official channels, there's not much which can be done until rights-holders wise up. They have been and remain the core bottleneck.
Google's failure to respect the several dozen times I've tried to turn off Instant slows me down more. It's like that Sesame Street skit where they ask for directions, but run off partway through the answer.
A big part of why I consider HN worthwhile to read and post to: we only have time to even attempt executing on so many ideas, but maybe someone else is working on it. Like a big "take an idea, leave an idea" jar.
3D printer, custom pieces with inset shapes, give containers a tab and mark the tabs with shapes as well. Or just use a Sharpie, or tag problem colors with nail polish. Many ways to hack it.
The babysitter is the hard bit. Since couples tend to collect a small number of sitters and stick with those - frequently friend-of-friend's older children within social groups (church, suburban neighborhood, etc.) -…
And yet, Star Trek falls firmly into the social SF camp. The tech is incidental, left abstract or waved away with babble so that the personal interactions can proceed. Obsessing over the latest gadget incarnation…
You can't remember everything. The real test is how well you can function once you hit "here be dragons" - can you figure it out reasonably quickly and then be back on your way?
I know a few companies with rather successfully sell "Made in USA, from USA-sourced fibers" blankets in the $200 to $2000 range. The outlook is considerably more favorable if you go after the market segment with…
Making a business can be pretty good advertising for a consultant.
That's easy enough already if you're willing to pay for it.
Sooner or later, all freelance coder sites drift towards cloning Facebook for $250 or less.
Well, the pirates are 'disrupting' it rather effectively. But through more official channels, there's not much which can be done until rights-holders wise up. They have been and remain the core bottleneck.
Google's failure to respect the several dozen times I've tried to turn off Instant slows me down more. It's like that Sesame Street skit where they ask for directions, but run off partway through the answer.
A big part of why I consider HN worthwhile to read and post to: we only have time to even attempt executing on so many ideas, but maybe someone else is working on it. Like a big "take an idea, leave an idea" jar.
3D printer, custom pieces with inset shapes, give containers a tab and mark the tabs with shapes as well. Or just use a Sharpie, or tag problem colors with nail polish. Many ways to hack it.
The babysitter is the hard bit. Since couples tend to collect a small number of sitters and stick with those - frequently friend-of-friend's older children within social groups (church, suburban neighborhood, etc.) -…
And yet, Star Trek falls firmly into the social SF camp. The tech is incidental, left abstract or waved away with babble so that the personal interactions can proceed. Obsessing over the latest gadget incarnation…
You can't remember everything. The real test is how well you can function once you hit "here be dragons" - can you figure it out reasonably quickly and then be back on your way?
I know a few companies with rather successfully sell "Made in USA, from USA-sourced fibers" blankets in the $200 to $2000 range. The outlook is considerably more favorable if you go after the market segment with…
Making a business can be pretty good advertising for a consultant.